The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 25, 1924, Page 4

Page Four FOR I. employed. ers of all Countries. Industrial Unions. 2 3 4. 5 6 THE DAILY WORKER. ——<—<— Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, HL (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50....6 months $2.00....8 months By mail (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50...6 momths $2.50...3 months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. 66.00 per year Chicaga, Iinole J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE Halters MORITZ J. LOEB.......neee-business Manager ——<$<$<$$—$—$—_—$_ LD Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879, eRe 290 Advertising rates on application I A Stupid Flunkey Why the capitalists retain some of their hire- lings whose stupidity is so painful that it becomes the butt of ridicule is somewhat of a puzzle. Of course they hang on to Coolidge, but “Silent Cal” at least knows enuf to keep his mouth shut, except for an occasional speech on the Bible which is a safe field to cover. The less one knows about anything in particular the more he is sure to know about religion. There are capitalist flunkies who are abysmally ignorant, so much so that they insist on everybody knowing it. One is T. V. O'Connor, formerly offi- cial head of the International Longshoremen’s Un- ion and still the real boss of that organization. O'Connor is now chairman of the United States shipping board and a lusty ballyhooer for Cool- idge. While speaking in Buffalo recently, O’Connor made the astounding statement that Soviet Rus- sia had sent a big sum of money into the United States via Mexico in order to bring about the elec- tion of LaFollette. This yarn was so fantastic that even the considerable moron population was not deceived by it. They had more respect for the political judgment of the Soviet leaders than to think they would put their money behind a capi- talist politician like LaFollette. O’Connor was supoenaed by the Borah investi- gating committee in Washington to prove his as- sertion. He blandly admitted that he did not have the slightest grounds for making such a statement except that he believed it himself. Since William J. Burns was booted out of the department of jus- tice, T. V. O’Connor stands head and shoulders among his co-workers in the capitalist government as the biggest ass in the paddock. He is also one of the biggest crooks that ever “worked” the trade union movement. A Hubbub in the Hub The staid and dignified, even tho crooked, city of on, is all het up over a tempest that 4s raging the Boston symphony orchestra, because of the of “Leningrad” in the books of that organiza- conductor's name being Koussevitsky, sus- immediately centered on him and without ik Jacob Spolansky whether he was a Relief of Unemployment—Government and Industry to Pay Wages of Un- . Recognition of Soviet Russia. Fraternal Relations with the Workers and Farm- . Release of all Political Prisoners. : Formation of a Farmer-Labor Party, Amalgamation of all Craft Unions into Nationalization of Industry, with Workers’ Control. A Workers’ and Farmers’ Government. Commercial Bulletin, owned by Courtenay Guild, a name suggestive of the Mayflower, opened fire on Koussevitsky, suggesting that he was an agent of Trotsky. Koussevitsky, however, soon routed any sus- picion that his artistic and musical soul had any love for the Soviet government. Did he not call one million dollars in American money his own in the glorious days of the czar, when Leningrad was known as St. Petersburg? And did he not lose that cold million when the Bolsheviks took over the country in the name of the workers and peasafits? This confession established; Koussevitsky im- mediately in the affections of the wrinkled aris- tocracy of the Back Bay, and the newspapers opened fire on Leningrad. The Boston Herald, owned by the United Shoe Machinery company, exonerated Koussevitsky, but deplored that the war on Leningrad by the sup- porters of the Boston symphony orchestra was rather fruitless, as Leningrad was a fact and St. Petersburg and Petrograd were not, any more than the czar and his regime. The worthy Herald, in true Puritan style, regretted this, but hoped for better days. ’ The venerable Transcript dealt historically with Leningrad and after cursing Lenin, in true New England fashion, suggested that out of considera- tion for the million dollar feelings of Koussevitsky, those responsible for drawing up ‘the program should leave Leningrad out. The Transcript winds up with: “In the meantime it is open to all of us to look forward with a sigh to the time when Rus- sia shall return to her senses and to a respect for the historical proprieties . . .” The Transcript is hopeful, even more so than Boris Savinkoff who for years fed the fires of the Transcript’s optimism, only to finally surrender, broken and hopeless. Sdviet Russia is so strong today after the worst ‘the murderous capitalists could do, that every important government in the world has recognized or is about to recognize the Workers’ Republic except that of the United States. The million dollay, soul of the symphony con- ductor must make the best of the unavoidable. Nov. 7th Special Issues The DAILY WORKER plans to issue two spe- cial editions this year in honor of the seventh an- niversary of the Russian Revolution, the greatest event in all human history. So When the workers of Russia struck the shackles of ezardom and capitalist rule off their limbs in November, 1917, even the most sanguine did not dream that seven years afterwards would see the | coh Soviet Republic, firmly established, rapidly forging ahead on the road to prosperity for its producers and in a position to make the mighty capitalist nations of the world recognize her power, Yet such is the case. Today Soviet Russia is a power to be reckoned with. Her influence thruout the world is increasing and the ,toiling masses of mankind are looking more and more to the Work- ers’ Republic of Russia for inspirtaion and help in their struggle to free themselves from the yoke of wage slavery. The best writers in the international Communist movement will contribute to the special anniver- sary Soviet numbers of The DAILY WORKER. Our readers should now send in their orders for “Knights of the Red Star” or not, the | extra bundles. THE DAILY WORKE R AGAINST N= kw putes. ee Using t By JAMES P. CANNON, Assistant Executive Secretary, Workers Party. 'HE important task of registering the entire party membership is now nearly coniplete- and the great majority of the ps braches have sent in their returns. A large number of branches however are still behind ‘in their duty, and this is causing some difficulty. The complete utilization of the registration requires that the whole party be registered and to this end it is a first duty of every party branch to see that its registration is completed and sent in the National, District and Local offices without delay. There can be no let-up in the cam- paign until every single branch in the party has given an account of itself. The ‘registration cards already filled out give us a fairly good bird's-eye view of the party. We can already get a fairly good line on its class composi- tion, trade union affiliations, etc. This information is a prerequisite to the successful carrying out of a number of nacessary activities. How to Use the Industrial Registration. The local and district offices should utilize the registration material to the fullest extent without delay for the carrying out of three cardinal tasks. 1. Classify the registration cards . Capitalist War and All its Misery. ; The Capitalist Dictatorship---Ownership of Government by Wall Street. ‘ Saturday, October 25, 1924 . The “Open Shop” Low Wages and Degrading Working Conditions. Imperialism---The Exploitation of the Workers in the Philippine Islands, and all Colonies of American‘ Capitalism. ‘ . Exploitation of Child Labor. Use of Troops and Injunctions against the Workers in Strikes and Labor Dis- he Party Registration divisions according to industry with subdivisions according to the different unions in the given industry. Wher- ever the information discloses that several party members, or even a single member, belong to a trade un- ion, they should be brot together and organized into a fraction for work in theunion. These fractions should becon- nected togetherand arrangements made for their systematic co-operation. The party members should be familiarized with our general practical program of work in the unions and they must be given special directions to undertake the organization of a branch of the Trade Union Educational League in their union without delay. The various national trade union committees of the T. U, E. L. have worked out detailed practical programs for each trade and industry in printed form. These pro- grams must be made familiar to our party members in the various local unions and they should set to work at once to create an agitation for them. The party must dig its root ever deep- er into the trade unions and make it- self more and more a part of their daily life. This work can be done systematically only if our party mem- bers are organized into fractions and carry out their work according toa general plan. The trade union work of the party should and will receive a tremendous impetus if the local and district offices will utilize the priceless material gained by the industrial reg- istration for this purpose. Getting Party Members Into Unions The Party. registration will disclose that a very large percentage of our Party members who are working in organized trades ‘are not yet affiliated to their respective unions, their value in the Party and their efficiency, in the class struggle is. thereby greatly decreased, The Party will make it its aim to enroll the entire Party membership, which ig eligible, in the trade unions. There can be no slack- ness or good-natured toleration on this point. The comrades whom the registration discloses to be uncon- nected with trade unions must be called together and thoroly informed as to the Party’s role and task and program in the trade unions and steps must be taken to enroll them in the unions without delay. In shops and industries which are not yet’ organ- ized, the industrial registration will provide a basis for the organization of local unions in many fields. The great and necessary slogans “Organ- ize the Unorganized,” will get real significance when the Communists themselves take the lead all along the line in forming new unions. If the Communists take the initiative in actually forming labor unions, it can be safely calculated that they will suc- ceed in permeating them with their spirit and docrines and in directing their activities into the channels of the militant class «struggle. From the matters lightly touched on above it becomes clear that the in- dustrial registration of the Party members is of the greatest value to the Party and provides the material for the beginning of some of the most pressing and necessary tasks of the Party. Local and district organizers must therefore persist in their efforts to get 100 per cent. registration, to utilize the material of the registra- tion to the utmost and to take spe- cial care, along the line of directions already sent to them, for the safe guarding of the Party membership in the registration. That Funny Wobbly Editor first of all according to industries and shops. Wherever the information dis- closes that a number of party com- rades are working in the same shop or factory they should be called to- gether and the preliminary steps tak- en to organize them into a shop nu- cleus which is to become a basic unit of the party. The detailed organiza- tional steps for the foundation of shop nuclei, which will make allowances for the complicated problem of the exist- ence of so many language federations in the party, is now being worked by the C. EB. C, and will finally be adopt- ed in the near future. In the mean- time the local and district organizers should take the first steps of» calling By HARRISON GEORGE. ‘E French have a saying—“Voler au secours de la. victoire’—mean- ing, “To fly to the assistance of the victors, after the victory is won.” An amusing instance of this ironic situa- tion is that of the demagogic editor of the Industrial Worker of Seattle, who, after waging a persistent war month after month to create a split in the I. W. W.—now, suddenly dis- covering that his injunctionite co-con- spirators are losing out, rushes cour- ageously into print in his editorial of October 22, to assert melodramatic ally “Disruption is silenced in the unity of the membership.” And in the ‘Student Corner”—‘“Jim loves his the comrades together and effecting a preliminary shop nueleus organization wherever possible. Do not lose sight of the fundamental importance of this: activity. The 5th Congress of the Communist Interna- tional makes it mandatory upon all the parties of the International to pletely reorganize themselves on the basis of shop unclei and declares that there is no such thing as a genuine Communist Party which has any other form of organization. There- fore, let us get to work at this task without delay. The information con- tained in the party. registration affords the basis for a Beginning. Communist Trade Union Fractions. 2. A second most important work which will be greatly facilitated by a utilization of the registraton is the or- ganization of Communist nuclei in the various trade unions to which party. members are affiliated. In order to accomplish this it is necessary to re- arrange the registration cards accord- ing to trade unions and industries. union.” It is too bad that this sycophant is not nearer the basis of Jim Rowan’s headquarters, from whence the daunt- less James marshalls his hosts of two lawyers and a corporal’s guard of stool pigeons. Rowan’s publicity de- partment seems to have bet on the wrong horse and is now exclaiming that the dagger they came onto the stage with was not meant to stab the organizaion in the back, not at all and by no means, but merely to “rescue” the I. W. W. from those who from the beginning fought the injunction and urged unity, those Communists, those “politicians.” = Facts are blithely tossed aside. That for months he ran the add: of the injunctionites as the proper address of the I. W. W, headquarters, that he (and presumably the Industrial Worker Committee agreed) printed the convention call for 180 West Washington, a move that J. A. Griffith confessed—and everyone knew—was Tho best method is to make general a deliberate call for a split, that he Je editorially injected all sorts of argu- ments into the paper to uphold the in- junctionites—that he ranted against Communists as “outsiders” while swallowing the “outsider” of a capi- talist judge without batting an eye— these crimes against unity; in ‘the I. W. W. are tossed aside. “Can't you take a joke?” he asks, “Don’t you see 1 was for unity all along?” True enuf, this gambler for a split is a little apprehensive. He discov- ers an unusual reason, for him, for not printing any “news story.” It is that he has “no information.” This slight obstacle does not, of: course, prevent him writing a long editorial concerning “politicians” and the con- vention. He needs no facts for that, indeed they are a positive detriment. But the one fact of unity makes him disturbed. “This is no time for guess work,” he observes. And aside he adds, “It looks bad for me, this unity; HILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 24.— | Another focal of the Amaigam- ated Clothing Workers of this city, Local No, 140, has endorsed the Workers Party candidates for pres- ident and vice-president. ' Bakers’ Union, Local No. 201, en- dorsed the Workers Party ticket and sent in a $15 check. A $15 check was also received from Up- holsterers’ Local Union No. 77. The question of endorsing Foster and Gitlow was raised in gamated local after a d the LaFollette campaign committee jared before the executive board of that local asking for the endorse. Unions Endorse Workers Party Ticket but maybe it’s an injunctionite unity. This suspense is awful. Why don’t Rowan wire? I'll just write some at tack on the Communists and say— ‘This is no time for. guess work.' That means nothing, and whichever side wins, I’m safe.” But fear overtakes our Sir Galahad, charging to the rescue of solidarity, “If {t means unity against the injunc- tionites and against. Rowan, if they look at my ‘Students’ Corner’ where I speak of a clause relative to its ante- cedent and see ‘Those who are class conscious should be considered;’ then it’s curtains, for me. So I'll write a plea for magnamity like this—‘All the wild talk of punishments and expuls- fons egged on by interested polticians will disappear now.’” Whenever in j doubt, attack the “politicians,” such, ig the best effort of this amusing yet ~ dangerous fool who is allowed to play with ink and. paper, ment of LaFollette. The matter was referred to a g ‘al membership meeting of the local in order to give @ chance to the rank and file to de- cide the question. The ‘general membership meeting rejected the’ motion to endorse LaFollette Yor President. A motion made by et then carried by a big majority vote, This is the second biggest local of the Amalgamated: Clothing Workers of this city going on record in favor of Foster and Gitlow while the joint board rejected a proposl tlon to endorse LaFollette, Brother Rubin calling for the: en- dorsement of the Workers Party tick- + | "i .